ALL THE THINGS ABOUT ANANT RAJE

1. CASE STUDY ON:
AR. ANANT RAJE
HISTORY OF MORDEN ACHITECTURE

2. CONTENTS
 LIFE EDUCATION & CAREER OF ANANT RAJE
 ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES
 CONCEPTS
 ACHIEVMENTS
 IMPORTANT BUILDINGS
• IIFM , BHOPAL
• FARMER’S TRAINING ISTITUTE

3. LIFE, EDUCATION AND CAREER
• BORN IN MUMBAI , INDIA ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1929
• WAS WELL KNOWN ARCHITECT , INTELLCTUAL AND TEACHER
• 1954 :GRADUATED FROM SIR .J.J. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS , MUMBAI
• 1957-1960 : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE WITH AR. B.V.DOSHI , IN
AHEMDABAD
• 1961-1964 : PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE , IN AHEMDABAD
• 1964-1968 : IN THE OFFICE OF AR.LOUISH KHAN IN PHILADELPHIA
• 1969-1971 : WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION OF IIM WITH AR.LOUISH
KHAN
• LATER HE BECAME THE HONORARY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE , AHMEDABD(C.E.P.T.)
• RAJE LIVED HIS LAST BREATH ON THE 27 JUNE 2009

4. ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES
• USE OF BOLD MATERIAL AND VERY CLEAN GEOMETRIC SHAPES AND
FORMS
• BELND OF EXTERIOR TO THE INTERIORS
• AN EXPERIENCE USINGTHE PLAY OF TEXTURES ON THE EXTERNAL
FACEDES
• ATTENDED TO ISSUES OF LIGHT AND VENTILATION
CONCEPTS
•RAJE’S WORK EXHIBITS PURPINTEGRITY BETWEEN OSE AND
EXPRESSION, BUILDING AND LANDSCAPNE , PART AND WHOLE, THE
UNILIMATED QUALITY OF ALL GOOD ARCHITECTURE THROUGH TIME- A
SENSE OF REPOSE
• YET IT IS AN ORDRE ENRICHHEDBY THE PANTINAOF MATERIALS
HECHOSES ANDHIS SENSTIVILY OFLIGHT
•HIS WORKS HAD IDEEED A SOFTNESS AND QUALITY OF TRANSCEDENCE

5. ACHIEVMENTS
• DISTHINGUISHED PROFESSOR’S AWARD FROM C.E.P.T
• THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECT (IIA)
• BABUROA MHATRE GOLD MEDAL FOR ARCHITECTURE IN 1993
• THEMASTER AWARD FORLIFTIME CONTRIBUTION INARCHITECTURE
FROM J.K.INDUSTERIES ,INDIA IN 2000.
IMPORTANT BUILDINGS
• EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT CENTRE AT THE INDIAN INTITUTE OF
MAGMENT , AHMEDABAD
• INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL
• FARMERS TRAINING INSTITUTE IN GUJRAT

6. INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST
MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL
• DESIGINER : AR.ANANT RAJE
• LOCATION : BHOPAL
• YEAR : 1984
• BUILDING : INSTITUTIONAL
• CONSRUCTION SYSTEM : CONCRETE
• ARCHITECTURAL STYLE : MORDEN

7. INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST
MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL

8. INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST
MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL
• BUILT IN CONCRETE , THE BUILDING INTERIOR INTERACT WITH THE
EXTERIORSTHROUGH A MEDIUMOFCONCREE ARCHED SKIN THAT SESTO
WRAP AROUND , STANDING LIGHTLY ALONG THE GIVINGTHE OVERALL
BUILDING A CERTAIN LIGHTNESS OF FORM

9. INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST
MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL
• THE MAGNIFICENCE OFTHECLEAR SKY IS BRILLANTLY FARMED
THROUGHT THECIRCULARRINGS SUPPORTEDON THE ARCHES AS
CAREFULLY AND PRECIISELY ASONE WOULD STRACK CARD

10. INDIAN INTITUTE OF FOREST
MAGMENT (IIFM), BHOPAL
• LOOKING AT THE MAIN BUILDING THAT SITS A TOP THE LANDSCAPED
SURRODINGS , ONE MIGHTSENSE A SIMILARITY OF FORM WITH
THEIIMA BUILDING THANKS TO THEARCHE AND COURTYARDS

11. GALBABHAI TRAINING INSTITUTE
PALANPUR, INDIA
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14. • The buildings are based on the
repetition of 4.5 meter wide structural
bays roofed with a barrel vault concrete
shell.
• This standardization allowed for a rapid
and economical construction process.
• The project also features an auction
hall with raised platform for loading and
unloading produce.
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15. PLAN
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17. • The series of loggias making up the
dormitories do not open on the
courtyard placed in their center in
order to achieve maximum privacy
• The compound is enclosed by stone
walls, and the buildings' openings are
spanned by concrete lintels and are
deeply recessed to provide additional
shade.
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18. The exposed
stone facades
and arched
lintels used
throughout
convey a visual
unity to the
overall design.
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